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Continuing Squeeze on Converter Profitability

(Flexpack)

August 06, 2005, ... leading multinational brand owners are switching more of their production out of Western Europe to lower cost East European locations and have begun to source their flexible packaging from local suppliers. ...

PDAA Members are FLEXcon Certified Installers

(Archive)

July 23, 2005, ... graphic applications using FLEXcon products. “With FLEXcon certification, brand owners can be assured an experienced, professional installation company familiar in the use of FLEXcon materials will ...

Latin Americans Crowd Into Brazil Summit

(Archive)

July 02, 2005, ... Karville Development "Through the Latin American Label Summit, we got a better perception of what the challenges are for the local industry in Brazil, but also what the brand owners require and how to ...

Global Events & Trends

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... sources is also creating pressures.” With raw material costs continuing to rise rapidly and expected to remain high for the rest of the year, Gaster notes, “leading multinational brand owners are switching ...

The Design Supply Chain

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... optimizes process efficiency throughout the entire supply chain. Packaging service providers and brand owners both require solutions that increase throughput and efficiencies, eliminate communication and ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... to standard on-pack labeling products by providing three times the amount of space as a standard label while keeping the brand and image integrity of the original label. The resealable booklet peels ...

Giving JDF Content a Great Send-off

(Archive)

March 30, 2005, ... of automating and streamlining the converting production workflow. Particularly in packaging, where there are many partnersfrom the brand owners and designers (both graphic and structure) to prepress, ...

On the Move

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... Systems, Gaithersburg, MD, Chris Brandl becomes midwest regional sales manager, and John Clark is named regional sales manager for the newly formed southwest region. Diamond Packaging, Rochester, NY, ...

Sun Chemical Forms New Business Unit, Sun Chemical Security

(Archive)

January 02, 2005, ... applications as banknotes and currency, passports, drivers' licenses, credit cards, and packaging for products with high brand recognition or value. According to Luppino, most security ink products are ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ...  Niklas Olsson, global brand manager for ANI Printing Inks' Narrow Web Div., expanded on the subject of UV inks on unsupported materials converted via the various print processes. The range is extensive ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 3

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... than many of the world’s major label markets, Asia nevertheless represents relatively developed consumer economies, and its product manufacturers and retailers are focused on brand differentiation, particularly ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 4

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... distribution groups and print groups are emerging now, offering production at multiple locations in response to the demands of brand owners for high quality and consistency in their promotional graphics. ...

Raymond Report Sheds Light on Packaging 'Trash Wars' between Michigan and Ontari

(Flexpack)

October 17, 2004, ... fees alone to the two provinces to reimburse them for curbside programs by 2005. Some major brand owners have balked at the new "black hole" of fees, which have doubled in 12 months. "The companies ...

Aquaflex Introduces Gearless Servo Press at Labelexpo Americas

(Archive)

September 16, 2004, ... with the state-of-the-art printing technology found in Aquaflex machinery. [This press] is the first new product introduction since we acquired the Aquaflex brand, and we look forward to continued advanced ...

Metallic and White Media Now Available for KPG Matchprint Digital Halftone Proofing System

(Archive)

September 14, 2004, ... and gold inks," explains the manufacturer. "In packaging, color accuracy is extremely important because brand owners depend on color to represent the brand while attracting the consumer's attention," ...

Keep Your Eye on the Gold

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... Watson Assoc. (awa-bv.com) examines product decoration and identification solutions, changing in-mold label markets, the challenges ahead for release liners, and brand protection. See pNW2 for the full ...

Breakin' Bounds in Barrier Films

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... one single structure.” This structure simplification, Marotta says, reduces the cost — the number of substrates in the package — which allows the brand owners to reduce their costs by reducing the amount ...

Packaging Dynamics Reports Definitive Agreement for Papercon Acquisition

(Archive)

August 18, 2004, ... to our existing food-packaging product lines, which include Bagcraft and Wolf Packaging. Papercon provides Packaging Dynamics with a number of strategic benefits including another well-respected brand, ...

Mark Andy to Demo Expanded Range of Narrow Web Products at Labelexpo Americas 2004

(Archive)

July 18, 2004, ... Launch—The NEW XP5000 with The Power of Servo Mark Andy reports it will launch its brand new press model, the XP5000. "It's the generation of the 'Productivity' Platform, following in the footsteps of its ...

Tarsus Group Announces Launch of Packaging Services Expo

(Archive)

July 12, 2004, ... business, with an estimated 75 percent of items found in the kitchen, bathroom, or garage not packed by the company whose name is on the label. Brand owners today focus on what they are good at, leaving ...